Storm Kings: America's First Tornado Chasers - Paperback

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Storm Kings: America's First Tornado Chasers - Paperback

Name: Storm Kings: America's First Tornado Chasers - Paperback
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SKU: 9780307473585
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by Lee Sandlin

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by Lee Sandlin (Author)

With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations

In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin retraces America's fascination and unique relationship to tornadoes and the weather. From Ben Franklin's early experiments, to "the great storm debates" of the nineteenth century, to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin shows how tornado chasing helped foster the birth of meteorology, recreating with vivid descriptions some of the most devastating storms in America's history. Drawing on memoirs, letters, eyewitness testimonies, and numerous archives, Sandlin brings to life the forgotten characters and scientists that changed a nation and how successive generations came to understand and finally coexist with the spiraling menace that could erase lives and whole towns in an instant.

Author Biography

Lee Sandlin is the author of Wicked River, Storm Kings, and The Distancers. He was also an award-winning journalist, essayist, and book reviewer for The Wall Street Journal. Born in Wildwood, Illinois, he grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He died in 2014.

Number of Pages: 320

Dimensions: 0.69 x 8.11 x 5.19 IN

Publication Date: March 11, 2014

ISBN	9780307473585
Author	Lee Sandlin
Publisher	Vintage
Genre	Biography, Hobbies & interests, and History
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2014
Language	ENG- English
Pages	320
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print